..she expected to drown before she reached it.

“It would be a hard life, but it would be theirs alone. Here at the world's edge…”

“To believe, perhaps you had to cease looking for explanations and instead hold …”

“It was beautiful, Mabel knew, but it was a beauty that ripped you open and scor…”

“What a tragic tale! Why these stories for children always have to turn out so d…”